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As a counterpoint, when my wife and I saw Rogue One we were both impressed that they managed to find somebody that looks just like Tarkin from the original film. I had no idea he w…

The Android version can use "Hey Cortana"; it's under Settings. No idea about the iOS version, though.

This is true for even some small-town banks. I switched to Windows Phone last year and built a personal banking app that would display my financial details on a live tile. While us…

I enjoy socializing, but I do not enjoy socializing when I'm trying to work .

Lumia 640, looks fine for me too.

I've had a Band for most of the year and highly recommend it. Unlike watty, I think it's pretty comfortable. Admittedly it took a couple of days to get used to, but I rarely notice…

What I'm most concerned about, as somebody switching back to a Windows Phone soon, is the apparent lack of a web interface for the OnHub. According to this page [1] the OnHub requi…

Worth noting: According to an article by Mary Jo Foley, "the 75 million refers to activated copies of Windows 10 (not devices in channel)". http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-m…

> Instead I have to have the Xbox brand shoved in my face at every opportunity? I know this isn't your point, but you might be happy to learn that Xbox Music and Xbox Video have be…

Good for you! Magento isn't in my wheelhouse, but I'd be interested in hearing how you've gone about marketing your book before release — building a mailing list, sharing articles …

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It's interesting that Lumia sales are up by more than 10%, but revenue through phone sales decreased by 38%. That was primarily caused by Microsoft's refusal to sell any flagship W…

It's an unfortunate state of affairs when a modern browser has to spoof another browser just to get the right content. The user agent in Microsoft's new browser does this by defaul…

I believe that's referring to Xamarin and Cordova, which are now built into VS2015. Xamarin still requires a Xamarin subscription to compile and deploy the apps, though. On the oth…

Again, this is all subjective, but I'll try to explain why I prefer live tiles over Android's widgets. 1. Android widgets are huge, I can fit maybe 4-5 widgets on one page of the A…

I'm using a brand new LG G4 as my daily driver, and I own two Nexus 7s. You're going to have a hard time convincing me that the Android widgets I can set up on my G4 [1] compare in…

Personally, I switched over to Windows Phone from a Nexus 4 after I bought a generic Windows 8 tablet and started using the live tiles. In my opinion, compared to the iOS and Andro…

For those that are curious about this, sudioStudio64 is talking about "Project Westminster", which is one of the four "Universal Windows Platform bridges". The other three let you …